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J. ALST-N REYNOLDS, OF SAVANNAH, GERGIA.

.Letters Patent 1Y0. 62,226, dated February I9, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR SOWIN'G RICE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY C NCERN:

Be it known thatI, JOSEPH A. REYNOLDS, of Savannah, in the county of' Chatham, and State of Georgia.,`

have invented a new and impro-ved Machine for Sewing Rice and other seeds; and I do hereby declare that the Following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiicatiomin which Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line a: x, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is aV horizontal section of the same, taken in the line y g/fig` 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved machine for sowing rice and other seeds which are grown in small drills. The invention consistsin the novel means employed for distributing the seed, andin an improved arrangement of furrow openers, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby a very simple and eiicient implement for the purpose specified is obtained.

A represents an axle, having a wheel, B, on each end of it,'and thills, C C, attached. On the axle A, and rear part ot' thethills. C C, a rectangular. frame, D, issecured, and on theV rear part of frame D a seed-box or hopperE is placed, in the bottom a of which there `are made three grooves, b,parallel with the sides of' the frame D, and equidistant from eachother, as shown in iig. 2. In each of these grooves ,b there is fitted a screw, c, said screws being formed on rods d, which extend through the front of the bottom a of the seed-box, and have bearings, e, on a cross-bar of frame D, and bevel-pinions,f, on their front ends, which gear into bevel-,wheelsg on a. shaft, EF. This s baft E* has a toothed wheel,.F, onone end of it, which gears into a wheel, G, on the inner part of the hub Voli" the wheels B. By this arrangement it will be seen that the screws c are rotated as the implement is drawn along. H represents three upright tubes, which are secured at their upper ends to tbefront side of' the bottom a of the seed-boxE, therods CZ passing through them. From, the above description it will be seen that, as themachiue is drawn along, the screws c` will discharge the seed from the seed-box `orhopper E into the .upper ends of the tubes H, theA latter conveying the seed into the furrows. This seed-distributing`- apparatus maybe rendered inoperative at any time by having the' hearingf* of"v the shaft El, which is nearest the wheel F, arranged so as to slide, and admit of the wheel'F being thrown out of gear with ,the wheel G. I represents ,furrow openers, which are placed ou the tubes H, and allowed to slide freely thereon, each furrow opener having a plate, J, attached, and these plates are secured to the front sides ofthe tubes H by screws, gi, whichpass -through vertical slots'nin the plates, said slots being suiicientl'yl long to admit of a requisite degree of move* ment of said plates. (See iig. I.) The furrow openers I are connected by rods z' to a bar, K, to which two levers, L L, are attached, said levers having their fnlcra, j, in pendents, la 1c, attached to the ibottom a. of the seed-box. Itv will be seen that the driver, by actuating the levers L L, may raise and lower the furrow openers I so that `the seed may be planted at a greater or less depth, as desired, and the furrow openers raised entirely above the surface of the earth when required. The tubes I-I are braced by rods from the rear cross-bar K* of si@ ams o C.

what I claim asmew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The screws c fitted in grooves b ofthe bottom a of' the seed-box E, and operated from one of the wheels B by gearing arranged substantially in the manner as Vand for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The sliding or adjustable furrow openers I, `applied to the tubes H, and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signedby me this 5th day of March, 186,6.

J. ALSTON REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

Onlus. C. BURNETT, Jos. J. GoLDwrsE. 

